Windows Ultimate x64 crashing/slowly degrading?

Recently, ive been watching some anime. as it happens, on the 23rd, my computer "crashes" after 30 min of streaming videos. my screen hangs for a few seconds and goes black, but doesnt restart. now, a week later, it seems that windows is starting to get a bit sluggy, windows start up takes about 15 seconds longer, Windows has been crashing a lot lately, my nvidia driver has been crashing, steam has been crashing, etc etc.

Ive tried opening the crash dump file, but it wont open for me and i havent found any sources to help me with it.

Ive also tried uploading the memory.dmp file, but it keeps giving me the "access denied" bull crap. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dell XPS 15
Intel i7 740
nvidia 435M 2 gb dedicated
4 gbs of ram

epicpenguin123 said:

Recently, ive been watching some anime. as it happens, on the 23rd, my computer "crashes" after 30 min of streaming videos. my screen hangs for a few seconds and goes black, but doesnt restart. now, a week later, it seems that windows is starting to get a bit sluggy, windows start up takes about 15 seconds longer, Windows has been crashing a lot lately, my nvidia driver has been crashing, steam has been crashing, etc etc.

Ive tried opening the crash dump file, but it wont open for me and i havent found any sources to help me with it.

Ive also tried uploading the memory.dmp file, but it keeps giving me the "access denied" bull crap. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dell XPS 15
Intel i7 740
nvidia 435M 2 gb dedicated
4 gbs of ram

From the scant info you issues seem to be video related (BC 116) but we need the DMP files to be sure




To enable us to assist you with your computer's BSOD symptoms, upload the contents of your "\Windows\Minidump" folder.

The procedure:

* Copy the contents of \Windows\Minidump to another (temporary) location somewhere on your machine.
* Zip up the copy.
* Attach the ZIP archive to your post using the "paperclip" (file attachments) button.



To ensure minidumps are enabled:

Go to Start, in the Search Box type: sysdm.cpl, press Enter.
Under the Advanced tab, click on the Startup and Recovery Settings... button.
Ensure that Automatically restart is unchecked.
Under the Write Debugging Information header select Small memory dump (256 kB) in the dropdown box (the 256kb varies).
Ensure that the Small Dump Directory is listed as %systemroot%\Minidump.
OK your way out.
Reboot if changes have been made.

i had it set on kernel memory dump, that alright?
my computer seems incapable of uploading now, can i hav ur email?

btw, its not just windows, nvidia, and steam crashing now. its EVERYTHING.
it even has trouble starting up sometimes.

epicpenguin123 said:

i had it set on kernel memory dump, that alright?
my computer seems incapable of uploading now, can i hav ur email?

btw, its not just windows, nvidia, and steam crashing now. its EVERYTHING.
it even has trouble starting up sometimes.

Might be time for a re-install and my email wouldnt help. do you have the OS dvd?

i used a windows anytime upgrade, dont hav a disc.
lost the upgrade key, but still have the product id

epicpenguin123 said:

i used a windows anytime upgrade, dont hav a disc.
lost the upgrade key, but still have the product id

See if there is a restore partition. follow the mfr's instructions.

windows still takes a while to start up, but the other program crashes hav stopped. i still hav the streaming video problem, i didnt hav a restoration point before the 23rd.

I get the BSOD after i open skype. skype doesnt even open, its tray icon disappears after i move my mouse onto it. The na few seconds later it crashes, something about moving memory into hard disk.

and i still can't upload my crash files.

epicpenguin123 said:

I get the BSOD after i open skype. skype doesnt even open, its tray icon disappears after i move my mouse onto it. The na few seconds later it crashes, something about moving memory into hard disk.

and i still can't upload my crash files.

To enable us to assist you with your computer's BSOD symptoms, upload the contents of your "\Windows\Minidump" folder.

The procedure:

* Copy the contents of \Windows\Minidump to another (temporary) location somewhere on your machine.
* Zip up the copy.
* Attach the ZIP archive to your post using the "paperclip" (file attachments) button.



To ensure minidumps are enabled:

Go to Start, in the Search Box type: sysdm.cpl, press Enter.
Under the Advanced tab, click on the Startup and Recovery Settings... button.
Ensure that Automatically restart is unchecked.
Under the Write Debugging Information header select Small memory dump (256 kB) in the dropdown box (the 256kb varies).
Ensure that the Small Dump Directory is listed as %systemroot%\Minidump.
OK your way out.
Reboot if changes have been made.

when i try to upload zip or rar files it loads about 5% and the upload link crashes. email?